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Shaping our children’s future: Current and past trends

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Abstract

The work environment that students leaving school will enter in the latter part of the nineties and the next decade is radically different to that in previous times. The skills that employers require of their staff imply certain teaching and facilitation approaches that are currently not seen as core in some Australian States. This article examines the needs of the ‘virtual workplace’, and the current pressures and job requirements that are imposed on young people, and highlights the values acquisition areas for youth and how the clarification of values sets is an important role for educational institutions.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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